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THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM, GRADES 9–12 | Health and Physical Education
• obtain access to programs, resources, and integrated technologies that support all curriculum areas;
• understand and value the role of public library systems as a resource for lifelong learning.
The school library program plays a key role in the development of information literacy and research skills. Teacher-librarians, where available, collaborate with classroom or content-area teachers to design, teach, and provide students with authentic information and research tasks that foster learning, including the ability to:
• access, select, gather, process, critically evaluate, create, and communicate information;
• use the information obtained to explore and investigate issues, solve problems, make decisions, build knowledge, create personal meaning, and enrich their lives;
• communicate their findings to different audiences, using a variety of formats and technologies;
• use information and research with understanding, responsibility, and imagination. In addition, teacher-librarians can work with teachers of health and physical education
to help students:
• develop literacy in using non-print forms, such as the Internet, CDs, DVDs, and videos, in order to access relevant information, databases, demonstrations, and a variety of performances;
• design inquiry questions for research for health and physical education projects;
• create and produce single-medium or multimedia presentations.
Teachers of health and physical education are also encouraged to collaborate with both local librarians and teacher-librarians in collecting digital, print, and visual resources for projects (e.g., picture books for inspiration, culture-specific image collections, informational and performance videos); helping students access health and physical education information, demonstrations, and performances on the Internet, CDs, DVDs, and videos; and design inquiry questions for research for health and physical education projects.
In addition to resource materials in the school library, teachers may be able to access collections of copyright-free music in specialized libraries for use in rhythm and movement education and dance. Teachers need to discuss with students the concept of ownership of work and the importance of copyright in all forms of media.
THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH
AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Information and communications technology (ICT) provides a range of tools that can significantly extend and enrich teachers’ instructional strategies and support student learning. ICT tools include multimedia resources, databases, websites, digital cameras, and word-processing programs. Tools such as these can help students to collect, organize, and sort the data they gather and to write, edit, and present reports on their findings.
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